𩰠Indian Dance Forms – MCQ (Bilingual)
1.
Which dance form is associated with Kerala?
āĻেāϰাāϞাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻļৈāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
B) Kathakali / āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি
C) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
D) Kuchipudi / āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি
Answer: B) Kathakali / āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি
2.
Bharatanatyam originated in which state?
āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝে āĻā§āĻĒāϤ্āϤি āϞাāĻ āĻāϰেāĻে?
A) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
B) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
C) Andhra Pradesh / āĻ āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
D) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
Answer: A) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
3.
Odissi is the classical dance of which state?
āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰীāϝ় āύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Odisha / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা
B) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
C) West Bengal / āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽāĻŦāĻ্āĻ
D) Bihar / āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ
Answer: A) Odisha / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা
4.
Kathak is traditionally performed in which region?
āĻāĻĨāĻ āĻŽূāϞāϤ āĻোāύ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) North India / āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻাāϰāϤ
B) South India / āĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖ āĻাāϰāϤ
C) East India / āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦ āĻাāϰāϤ
D) West India / āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽ āĻাāϰāϤ
Answer: A) North India / āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻাāϰāϤ
5.
Manipuri dance is associated with which state?
āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Manipur / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰ
B) Mizoram / āĻŽিāĻোāϰাāĻŽ
C) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
D) Tripura / āϤ্āϰিāĻĒুāϰা
Answer: A) Manipur / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰ
6.
Mohiniyattam is a dance form of which state?
āĻŽোāĻšিāύিāϝ়াāĻ্āĻāĻŽ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻļৈāϞী?
A) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
B) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
C) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
D) Goa / āĻোāϝ়া
Answer: A) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
7.
Kuchipudi dance originated in which state?
āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি āύৃāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻā§āĻĒāϤ্āϤি āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝে?
A) Andhra Pradesh / āĻ āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
B) Telangana / āϤেāϞেāĻ্āĻাāύা
C) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
D) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
Answer: A) Andhra Pradesh / āĻ āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
8.
Sattriya is the classical dance of which state?
āϏāϤ্āϰিāϝ়া āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰীāϝ় āύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
B) Manipur / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰ
C) Odisha / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা
D) Bihar / āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ
Answer: A) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
9.
Which dance is performed in temples as a form of devotion?
āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিāϰে āĻāĻ্āϤিāϰূāĻĒে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
B) Lavani / āϞাāĻāύি
C) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
D) Chhau / āĻাāĻ
Answer: A) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
10.
Chhau dance is popular in which states?
āĻাāĻ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝে āĻāύāĻĒ্āϰিāϝ়?
A) Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা, āĻাāĻĄ়āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ, āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽāĻŦāĻ্āĻ
B) Kerala, Karnataka / āĻেāϰাāϞা, āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
C) Assam, Manipur / āĻāϏাāĻŽ, āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰ
D) Rajasthan, Gujarat / āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ, āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
Answer: A) Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা, āĻাāĻĄ়āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ, āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽāĻŦāĻ্āĻ
11.
Lavani is a folk dance of which state?
āϞাāĻāύি āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Maharashtra / āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰ
B) Gujarat / āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
C) Punjab / āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ
D) Rajasthan / āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ
Answer: A) Maharashtra / āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰ
12.
Garba is a famous folk dance of which state?
āĻāϰ্āĻা āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Gujarat / āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
B) Rajasthan / āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ
C) Punjab / āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ
D) Haryana / āĻšāϰিāϝ়াāύা
Answer: A) Gujarat / āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
13.
Bihu is the folk dance of which state?
āĻŦিāĻšু āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
B) Manipur / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰ
C) Tripura / āϤ্āϰিāĻĒুāϰা
D) Nagaland / āύাāĻাāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ
Answer: A) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
14.
Ghoomar dance is associated with which state?
āĻুāĻŽāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Rajasthan / āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ
B) Punjab / āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ
C) Haryana / āĻšāϰিāϝ়াāύা
D) Madhya Pradesh / āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
Answer: A) Rajasthan / āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ
15.
Which is the classical dance form of Tamil Nadu?
āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ুāϰ āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰীāϝ় āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύāĻি?
A) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
B) Kathakali / āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি
C) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
D) Manipuri / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী
Answer: A) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
16.
Which dance is called the “dance of warriors”?
āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻে "āϝোāĻĻ্āϧাāĻĻেāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ" āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϝ়?
A) Chhau / āĻাāĻ
B) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
C) Kathak / āĻāĻĨāĻ
D) Lavani / āϞাāĻāύি
Answer: A) Chhau / āĻাāĻ
17.
Dollu Kunitha is a folk dance of which state?
āĻĄোāϞ্āϞু āĻুāύিāĻĨ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
B) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
C) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
D) Andhra Pradesh / āĻ āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
Answer: A) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
18.
Yakshagana is a dance-drama of which state?
āϝāĻ্āώāĻাāύ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ-āύাāĻāĻ?
A) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
B) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
C) Maharashtra / āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰ
D) Gujarat / āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
Answer: A) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
19.
Which dance form is associated with Punjab?
āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻļৈāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Bhangra / āĻাংāĻĄ়া
B) Ghoomar / āĻুāĻŽāϰ
C) Garba / āĻāϰ্āĻা
D) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
Answer: A) Bhangra / āĻাংāĻĄ়া
20.
Which dance is performed during Navratri festival in Gujarat?
āĻুāĻāϰাāĻে āύāĻŦāϰাāϤ্āϰি āĻā§āϏāĻŦে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Garba / āĻāϰ্āĻা
B) Kathak / āĻāĻĨāĻ
C) Lavani / āϞাāĻāύি
D) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
Answer: A) Garba / āĻāϰ্āĻা
21.
Mohiniyattam literally means?
āĻŽোāĻšিāύিāϝ়াāĻ্āĻāĻŽেāϰ āĻāĻ্āώāϰিāĻ āĻ āϰ্āĻĨ āĻী?
A) Dance of the enchantress / āĻŽোāĻšিāύীāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
B) Dance of love / āĻĒ্āϰেāĻŽেāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
C) Dance of devotion / āĻāĻ্āϤিāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
D) Dance of joy / āĻāύāύ্āĻĻেāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
Answer: A) Dance of the enchantress / āĻŽোāĻšিāύীāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
22.
Sattriya dance was introduced by which saint?
āϏāϤ্āϰিāϝ়া āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϏāύ্āϤ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞেāύ?
A) Srimanta Sankardev / āĻļ্āϰীāĻŽāύ্āϤ āĻļংāĻāϰāĻĻেāĻŦ
B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu / āĻৈāϤāύ্āϝ āĻŽāĻšাāĻĒ্āϰāĻু
C) Kabir / āĻāĻŦীāϰ
D) Tulsidas / āϤুāϞāϏীāĻĻাāϏ
Answer: A) Srimanta Sankardev / āĻļ্āϰীāĻŽāύ্āϤ āĻļংāĻāϰāĻĻেāĻŦ
23.
Which dance form uses elaborate masks?
āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝে āĻāĻিāϞ āĻŽুāĻোāĻļ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়?
A) Chhau / āĻাāĻ
B) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
C) Lavani / āϞাāĻāύি
D) Ghoomar / āĻুāĻŽāϰ
Answer: A) Chhau / āĻাāĻ
24.
Kalbelia dance is related to which state?
āĻাāϞāĻŦেāϞিāϝ়া āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Rajasthan / āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ
B) Gujarat / āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
C) Punjab / āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ
D) Haryana / āĻšāϰিāϝ়াāύা
Answer: A) Rajasthan / āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ
25.
Which dance form is known as the “dance of storytelling”?
āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻে "āĻāϞ্āĻĒ āĻŦāϞাāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ" āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϝ়?
A) Kathak / āĻāĻĨāĻ
B) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
C) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
D) Manipuri / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী
Answer: A) Kathak / āĻāĻĨāĻ
26.
Which dance form is based on Radha-Krishna themes?
āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āϰাāϧা-āĻৃāώ্āĻŖ āĻĨিāĻŽেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϤি āĻāϰে?
A) Manipuri / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী
B) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
C) Kathakali / āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি
D) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
Answer: A) Manipuri / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী
27.
Kathakali artists traditionally use what on their face?
āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒীāϰা āĻŽুāĻে āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻী āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰেāύ?
A) Heavy make-up & masks / āĻাāϰী āĻŽেāĻ-āĻāĻĒ āĻ āĻŽুāĻোāĻļ
B) Natural colours / āĻĒ্āϰাāĻৃāϤিāĻ āϰং
C) Only tilak / āĻেāĻŦāϞ āϤিāϞāĻ
D) Ash marks / āĻাāĻāϝ়েāϰ āĻĻাāĻ
Answer: A) Heavy make-up & masks / āĻাāϰী āĻŽেāĻ-āĻāĻĒ āĻ āĻŽুāĻোāĻļ
28.
Which dance form is known for fast footwork and spins?
āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āĻ āĻূāϰ্āĻŖāύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ?
A) Kathak / āĻāĻĨāĻ
B) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
C) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
D) Kuchipudi / āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি
Answer: A) Kathak / āĻāĻĨāĻ
29.
Chhau dance belongs to which tradition?
āĻাāĻ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝেāϰ āĻ āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻুāĻ্āϤ?
A) Martial art & folk / āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāĻāϞা āĻ āϞোāĻāĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ
B) Temple dance / āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
C) Festival dance / āĻā§āϏāĻŦ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
D) Harvest dance / āĻĢāϏāϞেāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
Answer: A) Martial art & folk / āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāĻāϞা āĻ āϞোāĻāĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ
30.
Yakshagana is performed mainly in which language?
āϝāĻ্āώāĻাāύ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāϤ āĻোāύ āĻাāώাāϝ় āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Kannada / āĻāύ্āύāĻĄ়
B) Tamil / āϤাāĻŽিāϞ
C) Telugu / āϤেāϞেāĻু
D) Malayalam / āĻŽাāϞাāϝ়াāϞāĻŽ
Answer: A) Kannada / āĻāύ্āύāĻĄ়
31.
Rouf is a traditional dance of which region?
āϰৌāĻĢ āĻোāύ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞেāϰ āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝāĻŦাāĻšী āύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Jammu & Kashmir / āĻāĻŽ্āĻŽু āĻ āĻাāĻļ্āĻŽীāϰ
B) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
C) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
D) Gujarat / āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
Answer: A) Jammu & Kashmir / āĻāĻŽ্āĻŽু āĻ āĻাāĻļ্āĻŽীāϰ
32.
Perini Shiva Tandava is performed in which state?
āĻĒেāϰিāύি āĻļিāĻŦ āϤাāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻŦ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Telangana / āϤেāϞেāĻ্āĻাāύা
B) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
C) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
D) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
Answer: A) Telangana / āϤেāϞেāĻ্āĻাāύা
33.
Giddha is a popular folk dance of which state?
āĻিāĻĻ্āϧা āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻāύāĻĒ্āϰিāϝ় āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Punjab / āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ
B) Haryana / āĻšāϰিāϝ়াāύা
C) Rajasthan / āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ
D) Gujarat / āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
Answer: A) Punjab / āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ
34.
Thang-Ta is a martial dance of which state?
āĻĨাং-āĻা āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Manipur / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰ
B) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
C) Nagaland / āύাāĻাāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ
D) Tripura / āϤ্āϰিāĻĒুāϰা
Answer: A) Manipur / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰ
35.
Bharatanatyam is based on which text?
āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ āĻোāύ āĻ্āϰāύ্āĻĨেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϤি āĻāϰে?
A) Natya Shastra / āύাāĻ্āϝāĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ
B) Ramayana / āϰাāĻŽাāϝ়āĻŖ
C) Mahabharata / āĻŽāĻšাāĻাāϰāϤ
D) Sangam poetry / āϏংāĻāĻŽ āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ
Answer: A) Natya Shastra / āύাāĻ্āϝāĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ
36.
Which classical dance involves balancing pots?
āĻোāύ āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰীāϝ় āύৃāϤ্āϝে āĻšাঁāĻĄ়ি āϏাāĻŽāĻ্āĻāϏ্āϝ āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়?
A) Kuchipudi / āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি
B) Kathakali / āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি
C) Mohiniyattam / āĻŽোāĻšিāύিāϝ়াāĻ্āĻāĻŽ
D) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
Answer: A) Kuchipudi / āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি
37.
Dandiya Raas is associated with which festival?
āĻĄাāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া āϰাāϏ āĻোāύ āĻā§āϏāĻŦেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Navratri / āύāĻŦāϰাāϤ্āϰি
B) Diwali / āĻĻীāĻĒাāĻŦāϞি
C) Holi / āĻšোāϞি
D) Baisakhi / āĻŦৈāĻļাāĻী
Answer: A) Navratri / āύāĻŦāϰাāϤ্āϰি
38.
Bharatanatyam is performed by both male and female dancers, but traditionally by whom?
āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ āĻĒুāϰুāώ āĻ āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āĻāĻāϝ়েāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰাāĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝāĻāϤāĻাāĻŦে āĻাāϰা āĻāϰāϤেāύ?
A) Devadasis (female temple dancers) / āĻĻেāĻŦāĻĻাāϏী (āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻļিāϞ্āĻĒী)
B) Priests / āĻĒুāϰোāĻšিāϤāϰা
C) Kings / āϰাāĻাāϰা
D) Saints / āϏাāϧুāϰা
Answer: A) Devadasis / āĻĻেāĻŦāĻĻাāϏী
39.
Cheraw is the bamboo dance of which state?
āĻেāϰাāĻ āĻŦাঁāĻļ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ?
A) Mizoram / āĻŽিāĻোāϰাāĻŽ
B) Manipur / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰ
C) Nagaland / āύাāĻাāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ
D) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
Answer: A) Mizoram / āĻŽিāĻোāϰাāĻŽ
40.
Which dance is known as the "Dance of Enchantress of Kerala"?
āĻেāϰাāϞাāϰ "āĻŽোāĻšিāύী" āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ āĻŽোāĻšāĻŽāϝ়ীāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύāĻি?
A) Mohiniyattam / āĻŽোāĻšিāύিāϝ়াāĻ্āĻāĻŽ
B) Kathakali / āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি
C) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
D) Kuchipudi / āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি
Answer: A) Mohiniyattam / āĻŽোāĻšিāύিāϝ়াāĻ্āĻāĻŽ
41.
What is the main musical instrument used in Manipuri dance?
āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী āύৃāϤ্āϝে āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻŦাāĻĻ্āϝāϝāύ্āϤ্āϰ āĻোāύāĻি?
A) Pung (drum) / āĻĒুং (āĻĸাāĻ)
B) Tabla / āϤāĻŦāϞা
C) Veena / āĻŦীāĻŖা
D) Flute / āĻŦাঁāĻļি
Answer: A) Pung (drum) / āĻĒুং
42.
Siddhi Dhamal dance is performed by which community?
āϏিāĻĻ্āϧি āϧাāĻŽাāϞ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ়েāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Siddhi (African origin community of Gujarat) / āϏিāϧি (āĻুāĻāϰাāĻেāϰ āĻāĻĢ্āϰিāĻাāύ āĻŦংāĻļোāĻĻ্āĻূāϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ়)
B) Santhal / āϏাঁāĻāϤাāϞ
C) Naga / āύাāĻা
D) Khasi / āĻাāϏি
Answer: A) Siddhi community of Gujarat / āϏিāϧি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ়
43.
Which dance is associated with the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu?
āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ুāϰ āĻĢāϏāϞ āĻā§āϏāĻŦেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Karagattam / āĻāϰাāĻāϤ্āϤāĻŽ
B) Lavani / āϞাāĻāύি
C) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
D) Dandiya / āĻĄাāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া
Answer: A) Karagattam / āĻāϰাāĻāϤ্āϤāĻŽ
44.
Mohiniyattam is performed solo or group?
āĻŽোāĻšিāύিāϝ়াāĻ্āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻāĻ āύা āĻĻāϞীāϝ় āύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Solo / āĻāĻāĻ
B) Group / āĻĻāϞীāϝ়
C) Both / āĻāĻāϝ়āĻ
D) Festival only / āĻেāĻŦāϞ āĻā§āϏāĻŦ
Answer: A) Solo / āĻāĻāĻ
45.
Which folk dance is performed by women with lamps on their heads?
āĻŽাāĻĨাāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻীāĻĒ āύিāϝ়ে āĻোāύ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāϰা āĻāϰেāύ?
A) Garba / āĻāϰ্āĻা
B) Phag / āĻĢাāĻ
C) Thiruvathira / āϤিāϰুāĻাāĻĨিāϰা
D) Ghoomar / āĻুāĻŽāϰ
Answer: C) Thiruvathira / āϤিāϰুāĻাāĻĨিāϰা (Kerala)
46.
Panthi dance is related to which community?
āĻĒāύ্āĻĨি āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ়েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Satnami community of Chhattisgarh / āĻāϤ্āϤিāĻļāĻāĻĄ়েāϰ āϏāϤāύাāĻŽি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ়
B) Santhal / āϏাঁāĻāϤাāϞ
C) Bhil / āĻিāϞ
D) Gond / āĻāύ্āĻĄ
Answer: A) Satnami community of Chhattisgarh / āϏāϤāύাāĻŽি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ়
47.
Dumhal is a traditional dance of which region?
āĻĄুāĻŽāĻšাāϞ āĻোāύ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞেāϰ āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝāĻŦাāĻšী āύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Jammu & Kashmir / āĻāĻŽ্āĻŽু āĻ āĻাāĻļ্āĻŽীāϰ
B) Himachal Pradesh / āĻšিāĻŽাāĻāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
C) Uttarakhand / āĻāϤ্āϤāϰাāĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ
D) Punjab / āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ
Answer: A) Jammu & Kashmir / āĻāĻŽ্āĻŽু āĻ āĻাāĻļ্āĻŽীāϰ
48.
Which dance involves dancers forming human pyramids?
āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝে āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻļিāϞ্āĻĒীāϰা āĻŽাāύāĻŦ āĻĒিāϰাāĻŽিāĻĄ āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰেāύ?
A) Dahi Handi (Maharashtra folk) / āĻĻāĻāĻšাāĻŖ্āĻĄি (āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ)
B) Lavani / āϞাāĻāύি
C) Kathak / āĻāĻĨāĻ
D) Manipuri / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী
Answer: A) Dahi Handi / āĻĻāĻāĻšাāĻŖ্āĻĄি
49.
Koodiyattam is recognized by UNESCO as a heritage art form. It belongs to which state?
āĻূāĻĄিāϝ়াāĻ্āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻāύেāϏ্āĻো āĻāϰ্āϤৃāĻ āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝāĻŦাāĻšী āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒāϰূāĻĒ āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āϏ্āĻŦীāĻৃāϤ। āĻāĻি āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻ āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻুāĻ্āϤ?
A) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
B) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
C) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
D) Andhra Pradesh / āĻ āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
Answer: A) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
50.
Which dance is performed with swords and shields in Rajasthan?
āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύে āϤāϞোāϝ়াāϰ āĻ āĻĸাāϞ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Kaalbelia / āĻাāϞāĻŦেāϞিāϝ়া
B) Ghoomar / āĻুāĻŽāϰ
C) Chholiya / āĻোāϞিāϝ়া
D) Kathputli / āĻাāĻ āĻĒুāϤāϞি
Answer: C) Chholiya / āĻোāϞিāϝ়া
51.
Which classical dance form uses tribhanga posture?
āĻোāύ āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰীāϝ় āύৃāϤ্āϝে āϤ্āϰিāĻāĻ্āĻ āĻāĻ্āĻি āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়?
A) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
B) Kathak / āĻāĻĨāĻ
C) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
D) Kuchipudi / āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি
Answer: A) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
52.
Kuchipudi dance was originally performed in which place?
āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻŽূāϞāϤ āĻোāύ āϏ্āĻĨাāύে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϤ?
A) Temples / āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিāϰে
B) Courts / āϰাāĻāĻĻāϰāĻŦাāϰে
C) Village squares / āĻ্āϰাāĻŽেāϰ āĻŽāĻ্āĻে
D) Theatres / āĻĨিāϝ়েāĻাāϰে
Answer: A) Temples / āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিāϰে
53.
Which dance is performed during Onam festival in Kerala?
āĻেāϰাāϞাāϝ় āĻāύাāĻŽ āĻā§āϏāĻŦে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Thiruvathira / āϤিāϰুāĻাāĻĨিāϰা
B) Lavani / āϞাāĻāύি
C) Garba / āĻāϰ্āĻা
D) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
Answer: A) Thiruvathira / āϤিāϰুāĻাāĻĨিāϰা
54.
Kummi is a folk dance of which state?
āĻুāĻŽি āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
B) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
C) Andhra Pradesh / āĻ āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
D) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
Answer: A) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
55.
Which dance is performed in Gujarat by fishermen community?
āĻুāĻāϰাāĻে āĻŽā§āϏ্āϝāĻীāĻŦী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ় āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļāύ āĻāϰে?
A) Tippani / āĻিāĻĒ্āĻĒাāύি
B) Garba / āĻāϰ্āĻা
C) Dandiya / āĻĄাāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া
D) Raslila / āϰাāϏāϞিāϞা
Answer: A) Tippani / āĻিāĻĒ্āĻĒাāύি
56.
Gotipua dance is a precursor to which classical dance?
āĻোāĻিāĻĒুāϝ়া āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰীāϝ় āύৃāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦāϏূāϰী?
A) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
B) Kathakali / āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি
C) Manipuri / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী
D) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
Answer: A) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
57.
Singhi Chham is a mask dance of which state?
āϏিংāĻি āĻাāĻŽ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻŽুāĻোāĻļ āύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Sikkim / āϏিāĻিāĻŽ
B) Himachal Pradesh / āĻšিāĻŽাāĻāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
C) Arunachal Pradesh / āĻ āϰুāĻŖাāĻāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
D) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
Answer: A) Sikkim / āϏিāĻিāĻŽ
58.
Which dance is performed in Bihar during harvest season?
āĻŦিāĻšাāϰে āĻĢāϏāϞ āĻাāĻাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Jat-Jatin / āĻাāϤ-āĻাāϤিāύ
B) Garba / āĻāϰ্āĻা
C) Lavani / āϞাāĻāύি
D) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
Answer: A) Jat-Jatin / āĻাāϤ-āĻাāϤিāύ
59.
Charkula is a folk dance of which state?
āĻāϰāĻুāϞা āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Uttar Pradesh (Braj region) / āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ (āĻŦ্āϰāĻ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞ)
B) Gujarat / āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
C) Punjab / āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ
D) Rajasthan / āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ
Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh (Braj region) / āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ (āĻŦ্āϰāĻ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞ)
60.
Which dance is associated with Santhal tribe?
āϏাঁāĻāϤাāϞ āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤিāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Santhali Dance / āϏাঁāĻāϤাāϞি āύৃāϤ্āϝ
B) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
C) Ghoomar / āĻুāĻŽāϰ
D) Rouf / āϰৌāĻĢ
Answer: A) Santhali Dance / āϏাঁāĻāϤাāϞি āύৃāϤ্āϝ
61.
Which dance is performed during Holi in Uttar Pradesh?
āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļে āĻšোāϞিāϤে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Raslila / āϰাāϏāϞিāϞা
B) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
C) Lavani / āϞাāĻāύি
D) Garba / āĻāϰ্āĻা
Answer: A) Raslila / āϰাāϏāϞিāϞা
62.
Padayani is a ritual dance of which state?
āĻĒāĻĻāϝাāύি āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻāĻাāϰ-āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ াāύāĻŽূāϞāĻ āύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
B) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
C) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
D) Odisha / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা
Answer: A) Kerala / āĻেāϰাāϞা
63.
Dalkhai is a folk dance of which state?
āĻĄাāϞāĻাāĻ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Odisha / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা
B) Jharkhand / āĻাāĻĄ়āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ
C) Chhattisgarh / āĻāϤ্āϤিāĻļāĻāĻĄ়
D) Madhya Pradesh / āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
Answer: A) Odisha / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা
64.
Hojagiri dance is associated with which tribe?
āĻšোāĻাāĻিāϰি āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤিāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Reang tribe of Tripura / āϤ্āϰিāĻĒুāϰাāϰ āϰিāϝ়াং āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤি
B) Santhal tribe / āϏাঁāĻāϤাāϞ āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤি
C) Bhil tribe / āĻিāϞ āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤি
D) Khasi tribe / āĻাāϏি āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤি
Answer: A) Reang tribe of Tripura / āϰিāϝ়াং āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤি
65.
Veeragase is a vigorous folk dance of which state?
āĻŦীāϰāĻাāϏে āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻāĻāĻি āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻীāĻĒ্āϤ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
B) Maharashtra / āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰ
C) Andhra Pradesh / āĻ āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
D) Tamil Nadu / āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু
Answer: A) Karnataka / āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻ
66.
Which dance is performed with peacock feathers in Manipur?
āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰে āĻŽāϝ়ূāϰেāϰ āĻĒাāϞāĻ āύিāϝ়ে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Pung Cholom / āĻĒুং āĻোāϞāĻŽ
B) Thang-Ta / āĻĨাং-āĻা
C) Raslila / āϰাāϏāϞিāϞা
D) Khamba Thoibi / āĻāĻŽāĻŦা āĻĨোāĻāĻŦি
Answer: C) Raslila / āϰাāϏāϞিāϞা
67.
Bidesia is a folk dance-drama of which state?
āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļিāϝ়া āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ-āύাāĻāĻ?
A) Bihar / āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ
B) Uttar Pradesh / āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
C) Jharkhand / āĻাāĻĄ়āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ
D) Odisha / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা
Answer: A) Bihar / āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ
68.
Phag dance is associated with which state?
āĻĢাāĻ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Haryana / āĻšāϰিāϝ়াāύা
B) Punjab / āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ
C) Gujarat / āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
D) Himachal Pradesh / āĻšিāĻŽাāĻāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
Answer: A) Haryana / āĻšāϰিāϝ়াāύা
69.
Nautanki is a folk dance-drama of which region?
āύāĻāĻ্āĻি āĻোāύ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞেāϰ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ-āύাāĻāĻ?
A) North India / āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻাāϰāϤ
B) South India / āĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖ āĻাāϰāϤ
C) East India / āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦ āĻাāϰāϤ
D) West India / āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽ āĻাāϰāϤ
Answer: A) North India / āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻাāϰāϤ
70.
Which dance of Karnataka represents Puranic stories?
āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāĻāĻেāϰ āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝে āĻĒুāϰাāĻŖāĻāĻĨা āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়?
A) Yakshagana / āϝāĻ্āώāĻাāύ
B) Dollu Kunitha / āĻĄোāϞ্āϞু āĻুāύিāĻĨ
C) Veeragase / āĻŦীāϰāĻাāϏে
D) Bhootha Aradhane / āĻূāϤা āĻāϰাāϧāύে
Answer: A) Yakshagana / āϝāĻ্āώāĻাāύ
71.
Which dance is called the "Dance of Divine Love"?
āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻে "āĻāĻļ্āĻŦāϰিāĻ āĻĒ্āϰেāĻŽেāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ" āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϝ়?
A) Raslila / āϰাāϏāϞিāϞা
B) Kathak / āĻāĻĨāĻ
C) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
D) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
Answer: A) Raslila / āϰাāϏāϞিāϞা
72.
Chang Lo dance is performed in which state?
āĻাং āϞো āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Nagaland / āύাāĻাāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ
B) Assam / āĻāϏাāĻŽ
C) Manipur / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰ
D) Mizoram / āĻŽিāĻোāϰাāĻŽ
Answer: A) Nagaland / āύাāĻাāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ
73.
Mathuri dance is associated with which state?
āĻŽাāĻĨুāϰি āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻিāϤ?
A) Telangana / āϤেāϞেāĻ্āĻাāύা
B) Maharashtra / āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰ
C) Rajasthan / āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ
D) Haryana / āĻšāϰিāϝ়াāύা
Answer: A) Telangana / āϤেāϞেāĻ্āĻাāύা
74.
Paika dance is a martial folk dance of which state?
āĻĒাāĻāĻ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ-āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Odisha / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা
B) Jharkhand / āĻাāĻĄ়āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ
C) Chhattisgarh / āĻāϤ্āϤিāĻļāĻāĻĄ়
D) Madhya Pradesh / āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
Answer: A) Odisha / āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļা
75.
Bharatanatyam costume is inspired from which style of dress?
āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽেāϰ āĻĒোāĻļাāĻ āĻোāύ āϧāϰāĻŖেāϰ āĻĒোāĻļাāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻ āύুāĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖিāϤ?
A) Traditional saree / āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝāĻŦাāĻšী āĻļাāĻĄ়ি
B) Dhoti-kurta / āϧুāϤি-āĻুāϰ্āϤা
C) Lehenga-choli / āϞেāĻšেāĻ্āĻা-āĻোāϞি
D) Tribal dress / āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤীāϝ় āĻĒোāĻļাāĻ
Answer: A) Traditional saree / āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝāĻŦাāĻšী āĻļাāĻĄ়ি
76.
Which is the only classical dance form of Assam?
āĻāϏাāĻŽেāϰ āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰীāϝ় āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻোāύāĻি?
A) Sattriya / āϏāϤ্āϰিāϝ়া
B) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
C) Manipuri / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী
D) Chhau / āĻাāĻ
Answer: A) Sattriya / āϏāϤ্āϰিāϝ়া
77.
Kuchipudi derives its name from which village?
āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি āύৃāϤ্āϝেāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻোāύ āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāϏেāĻে?
A) Kuchipudi village, Andhra Pradesh / āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ, āĻ āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
B) Kudiyattam village, Kerala / āĻুāĻĄিāϝ়াāĻ্āĻāĻŽ āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ, āĻেāϰাāϞা
C) Kutch village, Gujarat / āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ, āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ
D) Kuchera village, Rajasthan / āĻুāĻেāϰা āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ, āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ
Answer: A) Kuchipudi village, Andhra Pradesh / āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ, āĻ āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
78.
Which dance is performed by fishermen in coastal Kerala?
āĻেāϰাāϞাāϰ āĻāĻĒāĻূāϞীāϝ় āĻেāϞেāϰা āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļāύ āĻāϰেāύ?
A) Kolkali / āĻোāϞāĻāϞি
B) Lavani / āϞাāĻāύি
C) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
D) Garba / āĻāϰ্āĻা
Answer: A) Kolkali / āĻোāϞāĻāϞি
79.
Kinnauri Nati is a folk dance of which state?
āĻিāύৌāϰি āύাāĻি āĻোāύ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϞোāĻāύৃāϤ্āϝ?
A) Himachal Pradesh / āĻšিāĻŽাāĻāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
B) Uttarakhand / āĻāϤ্āϤāϰাāĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ
C) Punjab / āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ
D) Haryana / āĻšāϰিāϝ়াāύা
Answer: A) Himachal Pradesh / āĻšিāĻŽাāĻāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ
80.
Kathakali represents themes from which texts?
āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি āĻোāύ āĻ্āϰāύ্āĻĨ āĻĨেāĻে āĻĨিāĻŽ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻāϰে?
A) Ramayana & Mahabharata / āϰাāĻŽাāϝ়āĻŖ āĻ āĻŽāĻšাāĻাāϰāϤ
B) Quran / āĻোāϰাāύ
C) Bible / āĻŦাāĻāĻŦেāϞ
D) Sangam literature / āϏংāĻāĻŽ āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ
Answer: A) Ramayana & Mahabharata / āϰাāĻŽাāϝ়āĻŖ āĻ āĻŽāĻšাāĻাāϰāϤ
81.
Mayurbhanj and Saraikela styles belong to which dance?
āĻŽāϝ়ূāϰāĻāĻ্āĻ āĻ āϏাāϰাāĻāĻেāϞা āĻļৈāϞী āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻ āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻুāĻ্āϤ?
A) Chhau dance / āĻাāĻ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
B) Kathakali / āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি
C) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
D) Bharatanatyam / āĻāϰāϤāύাāĻ্āϝāĻŽ
Answer: A) Chhau dance / āĻাāĻ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
82.
Which dance is performed with clay lamps in Odisha?
āĻāĻĄ়িāĻļাāϝ় āĻŽাāĻিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻীāĻĒ āύিāϝ়ে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Ranapa / āϰাāύাāĻĒা
B) Chhau / āĻাāĻ
C) Dalkhai / āĻĄাāϞāĻাāĻ
D) Jatra / āϝাāϤ্āϰা
Answer: A) Ranapa / āϰাāύাāĻĒা
83.
Bhangra is usually performed on which occasion?
āĻাংāĻĄ়া āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻোāύ āĻāĻĒāϞāĻ্āώে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
A) Harvest festival / āĻĢāϏāϞ āĻā§āϏāĻŦ
B) Marriage ceremony / āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻš āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ
C) Temple rituals / āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিāϰেāϰ āĻāĻাāϰ
D) Death ceremony / āĻ āύ্āϤ্āϝেāώ্āĻিāĻ্āϰিāϝ়া
Answer: A) Harvest festival / āĻĢāϏāϞ āĻā§āϏāĻŦ
84.
Raut Nacha is performed by which community?
āϰাāĻāϤ āύাāĻ āĻোāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ় āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļāύ āĻāϰে?
A) Yadav community of Chhattisgarh / āĻāϤ্āϤিāĻļāĻāĻĄ়েāϰ āϝাāĻĻāĻŦ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ়
B) Bhil tribe / āĻিāϞ āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤি
C) Santhal tribe / āϏাঁāĻāϤাāϞ āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤি
D) Khasi tribe / āĻাāϏি āĻāĻĒāĻাāϤি
Answer: A) Yadav community of Chhattisgarh / āϝাāĻĻāĻŦ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ়
85.
Which dance form was revived by Rabindranath Tagore in Santiniketan?
āĻļাāύ্āϤিāύিāĻেāϤāύে āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝāϰূāĻĒ āϰāĻŦীāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāύাāĻĨ āĻ াāĻুāϰ āĻĒুāύāϰুāĻ্āĻীāĻŦিāϤ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞেāύ?
A) Manipuri / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী
B) Kathak / āĻāĻĨāĻ
C) Odissi / āĻāĻĄ়িāϏি
D) Kuchipudi / āĻুāĻিāĻĒুāĻĄ়ি
Answer: A) Manipuri / āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী
86.
Which dance is performed by Buddhist monks in Ladakh?
āϞাāĻĻাāĻে āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻিāĻ্āώুāϰা āĻোāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļāύ āĻāϰেāύ?
A) Chham dance / āĻাāĻŽ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
B) Bihu / āĻŦিāĻšু
C) Kathakali / āĻāĻĨাāĻāϞি
D) Garba / āĻāϰ্āĻা
Answer: A) Chham dance / āĻাāĻŽ āύৃāϤ্āϝ
87.
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